Metal sign.



I. IW. BUND.

IVIETAI. SIGN.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-9.1916.

Patented Nov.. 5,1918.

venan,

fm" [Wsm 0 61' ,d W

ma mums nur) m4 mwwunm. wnsumcmm a METER M. BUND, 0F SAN FRANGISCU, UALFDRhl'l'A.

METAL SIGN.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, PETER M. BOND, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Metal Signs, 'of which the followingis a specification.`

y invention relates to improvements in metal or other malleable signs.

It consists` in the outline of the desired letters or figures upon the back of the sheet metal, then by means of a punch or tool suited for the purpose, to indent the surface from the rear and correspondingly raise it from the front, following the outline of the impression in a series of raised protuberances. lln conjunction with this, a flat border line is formed, and shade lines in the whole or parts of the letter or ligure may be made.

he invention also comprises details of construction to be explained en reference to t e accompanying drawings in which Figure l is a view showing a plain block letter.

Fig. 2 shows a letter with the shade lines, and Fig. 3 shows a letter cut out from the Sheet and the exterior surrounded by the ornamentation.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

n carryin out my invention lf take a sheet of meta preferably a metal which' is malleable and of suliicient size to contain the letter, word, or figure at A, which it is desired to produce. ll draw in outline upon the surface of the metal, the required letter or design and indicate upon the back by punch-marks or indentations 5, the form of the design which is shown upon the front. l then take tools and by blows or pressure ll indent the letter or design with a series of irregular figures as at 2, which raises the front surface of the plate correspondingly, and when complete form the design which is shown in these irregular raises, marks, or figures. The design thus made may be gilded, silvered, or painted in any required orf namental style, and to complete the gures specification of Letters Patent. Application tiled October 9, 1916.

Patented N ov.. 5, 1918.. serial no. 124,619.

l form a border portion 3 of the metal, said border extending around the raised or inented portion 2, and forming a regular outline for the figure or letter.

When shading is to be roduced, ll form an additional portion l ci) metal upon the low light parts, e., lower andright side in substantially the plane of the latter, and this may be lded or colored in any desired way to represent the letter or figure raised from the surface or to give the appearance of being formed from a block. By this construction l am able to produce an exceedingly ornamental and attractive letter', Vgure, or sign.

Having thus described ll claim and desire to secure by Letters Fatent is A. metal sign character composed of a malleable plate the edges of` which are shaped so as to have a marginal outline of that character and its shade surfaces and having straight uninterrupted lines of indentation formed by pressing the plate outwardly from the back thereof, said lines fo lowing only the margin of the character and beingp arranged in spaced parallel relation to the margin so as to form a Hat border,

extending completely throughout and projecting outwardly from the front face of the plate, said plate also having portions to indicate surfaces extending outwardly and downwardly from the low-light parts of said border and beine substantially border.

said parts 1n the same plane as that of t e lln testimony whereof ll have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

re'rnn n. noun.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. HERRING, W. W. HEALEY.

copies et this patent may be obtained ter ave cents each, by addressing the Commissioner et Patents, Washington, D.. t. 

